I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 16 RPM record.
IIRC 16rpm it was used for recording voice but not music, and the invention of tape recording made it antiquated.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 16 RPM record.”
When I was very young I played my parents 16 2/3 ‘s on their console which also entertained me with broadcasts from all over the world.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 16 RPM record.”
Useful speed back in the day for slowing down 33 1/3 speed albums to learn guitar licks.
Seems like they were used for “talking books”.
IIRC, they were used my grammar school for spoken word recordings. I vaguely recall listening to a Chipmunks album at that speed, to hear what they really sounded like.